(Note: This poem was conceived shortly after a move, when my husband couldn’t understand why the first piece of furniture I needed was a desk. I found one I loved on Kijiji but the mister didn’t want to travel to that part of the city to pick it up, and so the seller very kindly… Read more »
As summer starts and a lot of people are taking time away from work or school to enjoy the outdoors, it is easy to have the “school’s out!” attitude. We all know what that attitude is like. It’s telling us to go have fun and not care. Having fun by eating a lot, drinking, staying… Read more »
Lists! Most of us do them all wrong. But not after today. I’ve discovered list-making secrets that will skyrocket your academic and career success. And, hey, these secrets can even make your biggest dreams a reality. I recently went to a job interview. The interviewer expressed interest in me as a candidate, but I knew… Read more »
MKTG 396 (Introduction to Marketing) is a three-credit upper-level business and administrative studies course that introduces students to marketing concepts, frameworks, and institutions. Students will also examine the influence of recent developments in the Canadian economy and society on marketing activities and on the management of individual organizations. This course will help students understand the… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am a part time student and the mother of three young children. My father is in the final stages of colon cancer and he and my mom are struggling. I have always been close to my parents, but my brother hasn’t. For the most part he has been estranged from the family. … Read more »
Amy Brown lives in Edmonton, Alberta and is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Management in Marketing program at AU. She works full-time and provides some advice for other students in a similar situation. This is her story. Can you give us a little bit of background information about yourself? Who are you? Where do… Read more »
More and more, as my life experience accumulates, I find myself gravitating towards the side of darkness when it comes to that whole God vs. The Devil situation. I don’t mean this in any formal worship sort of way. I don’t do rituals of any kind, for one thing; I mean, I’m not much of… Read more »
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A few months back, I began experimenting with the concept of “money-free entertainment”. Since embarking on our “debt-free journey”, one of my biggest realizations is that many activities we used to do regularly and take for granted were really bogging down our budget. They had to be put on pause for a while if we… Read more »
